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- Page 1 Collins Pocket English Spellchecker with Thesaurus Instruction Manual DC 752GB DC752GBIM0096.indd 1 13/03/2006 09:28:40...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. Key Guide & Display Symbols 2.1. Key Guide 2.2. Display Symbols 3. Getting Started 3.1. Display contrast control 3.2. Demonstration 4. User Settings 4.1. Viewing the time and date 4.2. Setting the time and date 4.3. -
Page 3: Introduction
English dictionary 5th Edition for the spellchecker function and on the Lexibook glossary for the thesaurus. With over 113 000 dictionary entries and a synonym database of 750 000 words, this product integrates sophisticated English linguistic tools such as a phonetic and typographical spelling correction, 77 000 words inflections and... -
Page 4: Getting Started
- Left and right arrows, up and down Arrows: there are more characters to the right, left, up or down of the display. Press the right arrow key to scroll to the right, press the left arrow key to scroll back to the left. Press either the up or down arrow key to view the previous or next entry in the list. -
Page 5: Display Contrast Control
3.1 Display contrast control To adjust the screen contrast, at the prompt ʻEnter a wordʼ, press the up or down arrow keys to increase/decrease the contrast respectively. Once the contrast is set, ʻEnter a wordʼ is displayed. 3.2 Demonstration When the unit is switched on, the display will automatically show a demonstration of its features. -
Page 6: Setting The Time And Date
2. You can select your home city in the list using the up and down arrow keys. Press ENTER to confirm. 3. Or you can press ENTER on the empty field on the top of the list ------------ to enter your own city name. -
Page 7: Setting The Daylight Saving Time
Press the ON/OFF key to switch the unit back on. You can change this setting. To do so, select Auto power off in the user settings menu. Select 1, 2 or 3 minutes and press ENTER. -
Page 8: On-Screen Help
Then, press the left key repeatedly to scroll through the list world cities and press the down arrow key on any world city to obtain its time and date details. World cities can be search alphabetically by pressing the first letter of the city. -
Page 9: Functions
To delete letters use the key. To type a space, use the SPACE key. To type a full stop, hyphen or apostrophe, press the (. – ʻ ) key once, twice or three times respectively. DC752GBIM0096.indd 9 13/03/2006 09:30:02... -
Page 10: Synonym Function
Press it to view the next word. If you wish to go back to your original spelling attempt, press the ESC key. Press SHIFT + Backspace ( ) to clear the display for a new entry. -
Page 11: Grammar Functions
SYN key directly, the display will show Hit ENTER first. 7.3 Grammar Functions When you have checked the spelling of a word, you may see a flashing G. This indicates that the displayed word is either a homophone or has conjugations or inflections. -
Page 12: Verb Conjugation
Press the down arrow key to view the next homophone. Press the up arrow key to return to the previous homophone or press CLR to clear the screen ready for another word entry. If you wish to go back to your original spelling attempt, press the ESC key twice. - Page 13 You may replace unknown letters in a word by question marks (?). This feature can help you find crossword solutions or words that match certain criteria. For example, you search for an 8-letter word which begins with a ʻcʼ, with ʻtʼ in fourth position and ʻdʼ in last.
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Page 14: Wildcard Searching
7.5 Wildcard searching You can type an asterisk ʻ*ʼ in place of a series of unknown letters, at the start, middle or end of a word. This will enable you to find all words starting, containing or ending with that letter match. For example, to find all words ending with ʻtionʼ, type *tion and press ENTER. -
Page 15: Hangman
Type the word that you think the jumbled letters come from. Press ENTER to see if you are correct. If you are wrong, you lose a life and are asked to try again. If you guess the word before losing all your tries, you have won. If your number of tries reaches zero, you have lost the game. -
Page 16: Anagrams
If you type a letter that is not in the word, the screen will tell you ʻThere is no X ʼ and reduce your tries by one. If you guess the same letter twice, the screen will tell you ʻX already usedʼ... -
Page 17: Synonym Guessing
Press the left or right arrow key repeatedly to decrease/increase the word length (min. 3, max 13). Press ENTER to confirm. The display then shows randomly a word on the first row. The challenge is to find a synonym to this word. You have 3 opportunities to do so: You are asked to input a 7-letter synonym of the word “angry”... -
Page 18: Words Fishing
The unit picks a word with the specified length and randomly removes one of its letters. Input the missing letter, and press ENTER to confirm. If you enter a wrong letter, the unit displays the ʻTry againʼ message and deducts 1 opportunity. -
Page 19: Number Guessing
3). The number of opportunities also depends on the game level you have chosen (e.g. 9 for level 1, 15 for level 2 and 20 for level 3). The unit will randomly select a number and ask you to guess it: DC752GBIM0096.indd 19... -
Page 20: Pairs
ENTER to confirm. Uncover a number of randomly sorted pairs of letters according to the game level (e.g. 6 pairs for level 1, 8 pairs for level 2 and 10 pairs for level 3), within the number of guesses possible. -
Page 21: Train Of Letters
You will now need to choose another ʻcardʼ to be flipped over and try to find a match. Hit ENTER to flip it. If it is not a pair, the number of tries will be increased by 1 and the cards flipped back to their hidden position. -
Page 22: Connection
3) and the left arrow key to decrease the game level (minimum 1). Press ENTER to confirm. Memorise random letters according to the game level (e.g. 6 for level 1, 9 for level 2 and 12 for level 3). You have 3 opportunities to correctly remember the random letters. -
Page 23: Calculator
Select the unit you want to convert from and the unit you want to convert to. Press ENTER to confirm the selected conversion. The upper part of the row is used to enter the number of units to convert from. (the value for “1” unit is first displayed). - Page 24 Then press the down arrow key to move the cursor to the second line. Use the left and right arrow keys to select the target currency. If one of the currencies is the Euro, press the down arrow key repeatedly to select the destination currency: DC752GBIM0096.indd 24...
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Page 25: Euro Converter
12- RESET In the event that the unit ceases to function or stop operating, it can reset it by a simple procedure. 1. Turn the unit over and locate the small RESET recess on the back of the product. -
Page 26: Power Supply
To replace the batteries: 1- Undo the screw on the back of the unitʼs battery door and then remove it. 2- Take out the battery, noting the polarity, and then replace with a new one making sure the polarity is correct. -
Page 27: Maintenance
Avoid exposure to extreme heat or cold temperatures. Do not immerse the unit in water. Do not dismantle or drop the unit. Do not try to bend or twist the unit. Do not place the unit close to any powerful magnetic source (e.g. loudspeakers), or source of static electricity. - Page 28 United Kingdom Freephone helpline: 0808 100 3015 http://www.lexibook.com Unwanted electrical appliances can be recycled and should not be discarded along with regular household waste! Please actively sup- port the conservation of resources and help protect the environment by returning this appliance to a collection centre (if available) Reference: DC752GBIM0106 DC752GBIM0096.indd 28...